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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: There is very good value in Deputy O'Callaghan's amendments which he has decided to withdraw for now. In looking at something like an arcade which is referred to as an amusement arcade we must consider whether we are regulating an activity that is seen as gambling. I accept the point others involved in the industry make that there is no other activity that is comparable. One can buy a...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: This is at the heart of the point I want to make. As I understand it, the way the amendments are phrased effectively puts a straight end run around the whole licensing process. It is not that we could see somebody doing this but an organisation or entity which fulfilled the criteria for getting a licence would then be able to transfer it to somebody in respect of which there was no vetting...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: I have a significant reservation on this. Is the Deputy suggesting that 70% or 80% should go on prizes, and that there is also an operator cost built in? The core reason for its existence, namely, that it benefits the organisation with the licence to run it, is almost zero. As good as it might be for those playing, the Deputy is saying that by the time the prizes are given out and the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: I apologise to the Deputy. I was specifically referring to the other amendment and the question of a 70% prize fund.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: I do not see the logic of the provision at all. I do not gamble at all so I may not understand the associated mentality. Surely if somebody wants to have a bet on the generation of six random numbers, his or her convenience point comprises the Irish lotto numbers. If we say he or she cannot bet on the lotto, the most likely next course of action will be to bet on the generation of six...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: Apologies have been received from Deputy Pearse Doherty. The committee will be holding two public sessions at approximately 3 p.m. In the first session we will meet with the Irish Tax Institute to continue our committee's scrutiny of tax expenditure, specifically research and development tax expenditure and the special assignee relief programme, SARP, tax relief. Our second session is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: We are now in public session. I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones. I welcome the representatives from the Irish Tax Institute: Ms Anne Gunnell, director of tax policy, Ms Claire McGuinness, senior tax policy manager, and Ms Cathy Herbert, director of corporate affairs. I thank them for making themselves available to meet the committee. We are pleased to hear...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Ms Gunnell for her opening remarks. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Irish Universities Association will appear before the committee next week so there will be an opportunity to raise those points again with it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: Are there any additional questions? If there are none, I will thank the representatives from the Irish Tax Institute for their initial presentation to the committee and for the answers they provided to our questions. It is always welcome to interact as part of our continuing process in working towards this year's budget. I thank the witnesses for being here with us. I propose that we now...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: We are back in public session. I again remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones. I welcome the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, to the meeting. It is always a pleasure to engage with its members and we are very interested in today's session. I welcome Mr. Seamus Coffey, chairman, who is accompanied by Dr. Martina Lawless, Mr. Michael Tutty and Dr. Eddie Casey....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Mr. Coffey for his opening statement. The first member to indicate was Deputy Eamon Ryan.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: A very short one, please Deputy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy will note that I specifically requested that, if at all possible, the IFAC would come before us as close to the Budget Statement as possible so that the committee could work with the council.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy is out of time.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: For clarity, the other members did not go slightly over.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: I now call Deputy Cullinane.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: That is outside the committee's remit. I will stick with those who will continue their questioning here.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy has run over time. To be fair to all members, each speaker has only four minutes in the first round. Deputy Lahart has indicated he wishes to ask a supplementary question. Deputy Burton may contribute again thereafter.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

Colm Brophy: That concludes today's meeting. I thank all the Deputies who participated. I also thank Mr. Coffey and his team for their ongoing engagement with the committee. Obviously, there are quite divergent political views on the committee. People who look at this from a Government perspective see things as having gone incredibly well over recent years in light of the improvements we have...